Recognition

TSP On This Day

Just like Dream London before it, Tony Ballantyne's sequel gets some excellent cover art from Joey HiFi. Check out the synopsis and cover (larger version below) for the upcoming novel Dream Paris by Tony Ballantyne.

The Science Fiction Book Club has finally caved and declared 2006 to be over. Their Science Fiction book of the year is Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge. Runners-up are Glasshouse by Charles Stross and Farthing by Jo Walton. The Fantasy Book of the Year, The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Runners-up in the Fantasy category are Temeraire: Continue Reading →

addBookLink("B0000033VG");Apologies in advance, but there is a price to pay for having us troll the web for tidbits. Now it's time for you to pay the piper, so man up and take your medicine like a good little geek... Most fans remember the monstrosity that was The Star Wars Holiday Special, but how many remember a Star Wars Christmas album? Continue Reading →

For those who are into such things, Locus Magazine now supports RSS feeds! [Thanks to James at Big Dumb Object for the link] And here's a list of RSS feeds that I occasionally troll (in XML format, for ease of importing into your favorite feed reader):

REVIEW SUMMARY: A near-identical translation of the source material, with the same problems, too. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Paul tries to help his younger, troubled brother Don, who is being followed by an alien, clean up his act. MY REVIEW: PROS: A near-exact translation of the Jonathan Lethem story on which it is based. CONS: Suffers from the same Continue Reading →